Splash-o-matic

The Splash-o-matic is a main weapon in Splatoon and Splatoon 2.

Splatoon

Splatoon

Splash-o-matic

Category	Main
Class	Shooter
Sub	Suction Bomb
Special	Bomb Rush
Level	7
Cost	3,900
Availability
Base damage	28
Base duration
Ink consumption	0.7%
Special points
Sp. depletion	40%
Range	40 / 100
Damage	27 / 100
Impact
Fire rate	75 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Variant	Neo Splash-o-matic

The Splash-o-matic was released in Splatoon on June 13, 2015 at 02:00 UTC. Its attack power is slightly better than the Aerosprays RG, PG and MG, but has a slightly diminshed rate of fire equal to the Splattershot Jr.. It has a narrower splat range outwards.

Data

• The Splash-o-matic is a middleweight weapon.
• The ink consumption of 0.7% allows players to fire 142 shots before needing to refill the ink supply.
• When initially firing the weapon in humanoid form, the first shot takes 3 frames to come out.
  • When firing from squid or octopus form, the first shot takes 8 frames to come out.
• When firing continuously, it has a fire rate of 5 frames between shots.
• When firing while moving, the player's movement speed is set to 0.72 units per frame.
• After firing, there is a 20 frame cooldown before the ink tank starts refilling.
• Shots have a radius of 2 units.
• The angle its shots can deviate while on the ground is 2.7 degrees.
• The angle its shots can deviate while in the air is 12 degrees.
• The Splash-o-matic has a 40% chance to shoot towards the outer reticle instead of the inner reticle.
• When jumping, the chance to shoot towards the outer reticle instead of the inner reticle is immediately set to 40%.
• Shots initially travel at a rate of 24 units per frame for 3 frames, having an effective range of 72 units.
• Ink droplets occur every 80 units.
• The frequency at which ink drips from a shot occurs at a rate of 1.65 droplets per shot.
• There are a total of 7 different droplet patterns that can be created while firing this weapon.
• Droplets that occur within 11 units of the player have a radius of 22 units.
• Droplets that occur when they travel past 200 units of the player have a radius of 19 units.
• All other ink droplets have a radius of 13.2 units.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.2.0	▲ Base damage: 26.0 → 28.0
2.7.0	▲ Initial velocity of shots increased by about 10%. ▲ Spread reduced by about 10% ▲ Range increased by about 10%. ▲ Special gauge loss: 50% → as low as 40%

Gallery

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  Promo image.

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  An Inkling boy holding the shooter

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  An Inkling boy firing the shooter

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  An Inkling boy firing at an Inkling girl

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  The Splash-o-matic's range.

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  Official art of an Inkling holding the Splash-o-matic.

Splatoon 2

Splatoon 2

Splash-o-matic

Category	Main
Class	Shooter
Sub	Toxic Mist
Special	Inkjet
Level	25
Cost	11,200
Availability
Base damage	28
Base duration
Ink consumption	0.8%
Special points	170p
Sp. depletion
Range	42 / 100
Damage	22 / 100
Impact
Fire rate	75 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Variant	Neo Splash-o-matic

The Splash-o-matic returns in Splatoon 2 looking identical to how it did in the first game. It comes with the Toxic Mist and Inkjet.

Data

• The Splash-o-matic is a lightweight weapon.
• The ink consumption of 0.8% allows players to fire 125 shots before needing to refill the ink supply.
• When initially firing the weapon in humanoid form, the first shot takes 3 frames to come out.
  • When firing from squid or octopus form, the first shot takes 8 frames to come out.
• When firing continuously, it has a fire rate of 5 frames between shots.
• When firing while moving, the player's movement speed is set to 0.72 units per frame.
• After firing, there is a 20 frame cooldown before the ink tank starts refilling.
• If a shot is in the air for more than 8 frames after being fired, it loses 0.88 damage per frame until it reaches 14 damage at frame 24.
• Shots have a radius of 2 units.
• Shots cannot ever deviate from the inner reticle while on the ground.
• Shots cannot ever deviate from the inner reticle while in the air. The outer reticle does not expand after jumping.
• Shots initially travel at a rate of 39.2 units per frame for 2 frames, having an effective range of 78.4 units.
  • After that, the shot's velocity is set to 15.815 units if it is not already lower than the listed value, and decreases further as it falls to the ground.
• Ink droplets occur every 95 units.
• The frequency at which ink drips from a shot occurs at a rate of 1.5 droplets per shot.
• There are a total of 6 different droplet patterns that can be created while firing this weapon.
• Droplets that occur within 11 units of the player have a radius of 20.5 units, and a width of 11.5 units.
  • These droplets have their radius multiplied by a value ranging from 1.2 if they fell from a height above 100 units to 1.4 if they fell from a height below 30 units.
• Droplets that occur when they travel past 200 units of the player have a radius of 16.5 units.
• All other ink droplets have a radius of 12.8 units.
• Droplets that are far from the player and all other droplets have their radius multiplied by a value ranging from 1 if they fell from a height above 100 units to 1.2 if they fell from a height below 30 units.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
Base game	▲ Weight class: Middleweight → lightweight ▲ Angle of shot deviation while on the ground: 2.7 degrees → 0 degrees ▲ Increase in chance to shoot towards the outer reticle per shot: 10% → 2% ▲ Increased shot speed by 50%, while not changing shot range ▲ Initial bullet velocity: 24 units per frame → 36 units per frame ▲ Frames bullet flies straight through the air: 3 → 2 ▼ Ink consumption: 0.7% → 0.8% ▼ Droplet rate: 1.65 → 1.2 ▼ Number of droplet patterns: 7 → 6 ▼ Distance between droplets: 80 units → 110 units ▼ Radius of paint droplets near the player: 22 → 20.5 ▼ Far droplet paint radius: 19 → 16.5 ▼ Droplet paint radius: 13.2 → 12.8
1.3.0	▲ Points to fill special gauge: 180 → 170
1.4.0	▲ Increased firing range by roughly 6%. ▲ Initial bullet velocity: 36 units per frame → 39.2 per frame ▼ Bullet velocity after flying straight: 15.83 units → 15.815 units ▲ Effective range: 72 units → 78.4 units ▲ Total range: 103.66 units → 110.03 units ▲ Increased the amount of ink splattered by each shot making it easier to ink the ground. ▲ Droplet rate: 1.2 → 1.5 ▲ Distance between droplets: 110 units → 95 units
3.2.0	▲ ⁠Shooting while jumping will no longer cause shot variability.
4.2.0	▲ Reduce the interval between firing and when you're able to become a squid/octopus or use sub weapon by 3/60 of a second.
4.4.0	▲ Reduced the time to shoot from squid/octopus form by 1/60 of a second.
4.9.0	▲ Increased damage dealt to the umbrella portion of the following weapons by roughly 57%. Tenta Brella Tenta Sorella Brella Tenta Camo Brella
5.0.0	▲ Increased damage dealt to the Booyah Bomb armor by roughly 17%.

Gallery

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  Promo image.

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  An Inkling boy firing the shooter.

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Quotes

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Etymology

Splash-o-matic is derived from Splash and Automatic. The -o-matic suffix is also a common, cliché naming convention for technological gadgets.

シャープマーカー shāpu mākā references the pen-based appearance of the Splash-o-matic.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	シャープマーカー shāpu mākā	Sharp Marker
Dutch	Spetterspuit	Splatter Spray
French	Marqueur léger	Light Marker
German	Fein-Disperser	Fine Disperser
Italian	Marker d'assalto	Assault Marker
Russian	Плюхомет Plyukhamet	Flattomat
Spanish (NOA)	Plumón	Quill Pen
Spanish (NOE)	Marcador fino	Fine Marker